This is a thread by David Daoud:https://twitter.com/DavidADaoud/status/986289773621936128

1-In light of recent security developments in Syria, IDF decided to reveal Iranian aerial deployments in Syrian regime's airbases, deployment of Iranian forces, their aircraft, and the rockets they brought with them to Syria.

2-Israel believes IRGC-QF commander Qassem Soleimani planning revenge against Israel, to be carried out from an Iranian base in Syria, possibly soon. It believes IRGC – rather than proxies- will fire "precision rockets" or send UAVs into Israel.

7- 2)Second is large array of short and medium-range surface-to-surface missiles, including Fateh-110, Fajr-5, and Shihab ballistic missiles w/range of 1,300 kms and capable of reaching Israel directly from Iran.

10-IRGC aerial force personnel deployed to 5 Syrian regime airbases: T-4 in Homs, Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, Damascus International Airport, and al-Sayqal south of Damascus. Each has a team of IRGC aerial wing personnel, and also receives Russian military transport planes.

These back-to-back leaks, in addition to the confirmed Israeli strikes on T-4 last week are intended to spur Russia and the Assad regime to rein in Iran, but also to justify, to an Israeli audience & abroad, greater Israeli military intervention in Syria.

More from General Amidror: "Israel may have to enter a fiercer and more complicated.. struggle with a great many casualties to both sides to stop Iran from building a military force like it has in Lebanon… We have to stop the Iranians in Syria."

General Amidror, an adviser to Netanyahu: "The Iranians are bringing all their best weaponry into Syria not to protect Assad. Assad is already stable on his throne. Those who embark on such a path need to know that it will eventually lead to a bloody war."

A war between Hezbollah-Iran and Israel would be immensely destructive to Lebanon, Israel, what's left of Syria & potentially Iran. All forces involved are heavily armed & willing to inflict mass civilian casualties on the other side. All efforts must be made to prevent it.

Amidror's remarks are particularly worrisome because they were made to an Israeli audience, apparently to prepare Israelis for a future war, which will be incredibly deadly & destructive compared to previous rounds of fighting with Hezbollah. It's not saber-rattling to outsiders.

The Soviet Union was allied to Israel in its early history, because Joseph Stalin thought he could use the newly already created state to cause problems for Western nations. Russia was behind a lot of the conflicts between Israel and Arab states. In one later conflict, Russia staged a false flag attack, so Arab nations would attack Israel. Eventually, Russia backed Arab states, while the U.S. later backed Israel. (if you wish to confirm this, look it up)

In more recent years, Israel stirs up violence in Palestinian territory on their own accord. This in turn, fuels Iran’s terroristic and belligerent behavior, when it is questionable how a country responsible for mass murder cares about Palestinians.

It is a myth that the Middle East has been in conflict for over a thousand years. Fareed Zakaria has pointed out that the Arab world was relatively peaceful over 70 years ago.

Today, Iran and Russia are causing humanitarian catastrophes, and a refugee crisis unseen since World War II.

Israel didn’t care to stop it early on, because the victims are Muslims. Jordan doesn’t care enough, because they don’t want to burn their bridges with the Assad regime, just in case. Israel sings a different tune after Hezbollah and IRGC threatens them from Syria. Jordan’s and Israel’s primary interests are border security.